02/20/2014    

QUERIES (EMR)

Query: EHR Back-UP of a Cloud System

 

I have been requesting an annual database copy of my patient records created with eClinicalworks. I have 3 years of past charting and may or may not continue with this program. There is a fee associated with providing the copy and they state that unfortunately the copy that they would provide is going to be in a MS-SQL database format, which is not readable. They recommend that I invest in a locally hosted server, then get an eCW program installed on the server (probably an additional license fee), and use the copy of the database to be restored on the locally hosted server to make sense of the data. This seems quite the challenge, with additional costs to have a copy of the files. What are others doing for a permanent access if needed in a cloud-based system?

 

Michael DeVito, DPM, Chicago Ridge, IL